Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Monroe County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Business Records
- Articles of association · RG 84-861865 to 1951
Cemetery Records
- Monroe County files · RG 83-531967 to 1979
Court Records
- Circuit court calendars · RG 84-871826 to 1858
- Circuit court docket · RG 62-551826 to 1833
- Circuit court execution docket · RG 84-871837 to 1850
- Circuit court journal · RG 84-871805 to 1859
- Circuit court judgment records · RG 84-871826 to 1846
- Circuit court motion book · RG 84-871845 to 1881
- County court calendars · RG 84-871827 to 1851
- County court journal · RG 84-871847 to 1851
- County court motion book · RG 84-871850
- Mayor’s court calendar · RG 84-871837 to 1858
- Rule book · RG 85-531839 to 1849
Land Records
Military Records
Naturalization Records
- Court orders · RG 2015-1671930 to 1960
- Declarations of Intention · RG 84-871849 to 1929
- Naturalizations · RG 84-871895 to 1929
- Petitions · RG 2015-1671929 to 1982
- Petitions recommended to be granted · RG 2015-1671960 to 1971
- Repatriations · RG 2015-1671940 to 1943
Occupational Records
Poor Home / Relief Records
Probate Records
- Calendars · RG 2018-1051819 to circa 1970
- Case files · RG 72-441804 to 1870
- Estate files · RG 2018-1051817 to 1967
- Index · RG 2018-1051817 to 1978
- Minutes book · RG 2018-1051848
- Probate journals · RG 2018-1051855 to 1946
- Probate record · RG 2018-1051841 to 1950
- Untitled volumes · RG 2018-1051834 to 1856
School Records
- Census of school districts No. 2 & 5 (La Salle Township) · RG 70-311909
- Minutes of school inspectors (Raisinville Township) · RG 69-481889 to 1910
- Record of school district No. 2 (La Salle Township) · RG 70- 311908 to 1917
- School census (Raisinville Township) · RG 69-481872 to 1895
- School register, No. 2 (La Salle Township) · RG 70-311905 to 1906 and from 1911 to 1919
Tax Records
- Assessment rolls · RG 62-551845 to 1890, from 1896 to 1900, and from 1917 to 1920
- Assessment & tax rolls (Raisinville Township) · RG 69-481845 to 1867, from 1878 to 1935
- Special assessment for highways (La Salle Township) · RG 70-311901 and 1929
- Tax rolls · RG 64-431940 to 1941
- Tax rolls (City of Monroe) · RG 79-591932 to 1964
- Unpaid taxes (Milan Township) · RG 73-801940
Voter Records
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected holdings described by the Archives of Michigan. Preserve the record-group (RG) reference when requesting records. Some collections are held at partner repositories; consult the guide before traveling. Asterisks and other qualifiers refer to access or location notes in that guide. Some records have privacy restrictions or require proof of death. A date span may contain gaps and does not establish that images are online.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Monroe County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the county clerk, the register of deeds and the probate court, and any online record search the county offers.
- The county clerk
Births, deaths and marriages registered in the county, and court records.
- The register of deeds
Deeds, mortgages and other land records.
- The probate court
Wills, estates and guardianships.
- The Archives of Michigan
In Lansing: state and county records, and Michigan death certificates from 1897 to 1952 online at Michiganology.
- Archives of Michiganfree
The state archives in Lansing, with county and state records, military records and Michigan death records.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Michigan, Monroe" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
Offices change their hours and access rules; call before you visit.
Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Wayne County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Wayne County
Later formed partly from Monroe County: Lenawee County, Washtenaw County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1817, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Michigan began registering births and deaths in 1867, much earlier than most states, with county clerks keeping the registers and sending copies to the state. Ask the county clerk for the early registers.